US: Potato growers concerned about McCain Foods delay

A delay in a $100 million expansion project for McCain Foods USA in Burley has area potato growers worried about the status of their contracts to sell produce to the company. McCain Foods made cuts to their contracts because it wouldn’t be able to process potatoes while upgrading the production line at its plant. Once the upgrade was complete, farmers were told, their contracts would be re-established. Now some growers are concerned about what the delay in McCain Foods’ expansion plans will mean for them. More